This project investigates the effect of the rate of opioid prescriptions on labor market outcomes (e.g. labor force participation, employment) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application and enrollment. ...

Twenty million Americans had a substance use disorder (SUD) in 2014. Nearly 8 million had a co-occurring mental health condition (SAMHSA, 2015). SUDs and mental health are often intertwined but the directionality is less ...

Social safety net programs provide benefits that insure against disability, poor health, unemployment, and old age. These programs stabilize the financial lives of beneficiaries. Recent work reveals that safety net programs, ...

Forty states currently have work requirements for some individuals receiving nutritional assistance or “food stamps,” if they want to continue to receive benefits. This study will be the first to examine whether state-level ...

Employer-provided disability coverage offers employees a way to insure against short-term spells of disability that prevent work, as well as a way to supplement long-term disability in the case of a health shock. Using ...